The Ethical Theory of Utilitarianism

Some argue that, economically, the mining operation will be a net gain in money for the working class and that 75 to 80 percent of the jobs in northern Minnesota will be local [1]. However, for the project to fully go through, it requires “$200 million to $400 million in financial protections, and would overall be a financial liability for taxpayers” [2]. So despite how many jobs the project will create, it could result in a net loss of money for the people living in that area. Another problem that PolyMet thinks they have solved is the mass amount of pollution that will surface during the mining process. They say they will “use the most advanced mining procedures to extract the materials and prevent pollution during the mines 20 year life” [3]. Not only is this solution incredibly vague in its description, but many argue that “the pollution will be a problem long after the mine plays out and PolyMet is gone. The latest studies shows a possibility that the mine’s wastewater could flow north to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness” [3]. The argument that advanced procedures would be used against pollution falls short of satisfactory when their description is so ill-defined.

However, there if there is something good there has to be a bad part as well. Even though mining is helping the technologies to grow rapidly everyday, there are side affects caused to the people live near mining areas, especially indigenous people, given that a substantial number of mining operations are on or near Indigenous land, the increase in mining investment may have extremely affected Indigenous communities. There are concerns that, in remote mining areas, the increases in house costs generated by the mining boom mean that anyone who doesn’t work in the mining industry, especially those who are 100% relied on government benefits, will find it harder to afford housing. It will not affect the current generation; however, it will have a huge impact on the future generation. For example, parents wont be able to afford money for their children to go to school, which will result in, kids started working as child labours or slaves and people will find it hard to afford foods and

Naturally, the boom of the separate Gold rushes in Western Canada was attractive to the common people for the possibility of attaining large profits in a smaller time period. Thus, the possibility was exciting to many, bringing over a plethora of people who formed communities centred on mining. As such, the large populations of people coming into the area and gaining land was more than enough to enrich and establish a new type of town-structure, this aptly labelled as mining towns. Ultimately, the fate of these types of towns are definite as each of them reach a fate that is reminiscent of the nature of the gold rushes; temporary fads that attracted many, but wouldn’t last long.

A controversial topic commonly debated among society is the construction of coal mines. Although they potentially contain great economic promise and access to more resources, they also harm the surrounding environment and increase carbon dioxide emissions.

The goal of this paper is to talk about the conflicts between the First Nations and mining companies in Canada; to describe the current situation they are in and also examine the various outcomes of this situation. First Nations refers to Status and non-status Indian peoples in Canada. Historians have grouped the First Nations in Canada according to six main geographic areas. First Nations within these six areas are characterized by similar cultures and largely shaped by an environment. The six groups are Woodland First Nations, Iroquoian First Nations, Plains First Nations, Plateau First Nations, Pacific Coast First Nations and the First Nations of the Mackenzie and Yukon River Basins. Prior to contact with the Europeans,

Within todays society there are many things that are swept under the rug and are not acknowledged. The Canadian mining industries may not affect Canadian citizens, however, the affects that Canadian Mining causes is a major issue in many areas of the world. The effects of Canadian mining vary from direct effect on the work environment, serious environment harm as well as the effects on the people of the land. Lives are at risk and being taken daily by Canadian mining in south America, however the awareness that it should have has not been acknowledged.

Mining is one of Canada’s primary industries and involves the extraction, refining, and/or processing of economically valuable rocks and minerals. Mineral products – including gold, silver, iron, copper, zinc, nickel – are critical to modern industrial society. Although mining has been key to Canadian settlement and development, in recent decades the industry has also been criticized for its environmental and social impacts. Canada remains one of the world’s leading mining countries and has become a centre of global mining finance and expertise.

Mining is the process of extracting core minerals from the earth so that they may be used as the building blocks of our society. It is the process of harnessing these natural resources that are available and using them to create “prosperity” for not only the shareholders but also the employees and businesses that work with them and the community that surrounds them. People everywhere benefit from the services of mining because the modern conveniences that they utilize everyday such as cell phones and computers use materials that are extracted from mines. Mining impacts economies positively on both a personal level as well as on a mass scale.

Fostering the community would be supported by the moral theory of utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is best defined as the happy principle. ( Moral Theory PowerPoint). As the happy principle, the purpose is to promote equality to all in bringing the most amount of happiness to the most people. If the heterosexual couples are jubilant and have no problems, then granting rights for the homosexual couple would just aggrandize the amount of people that are happy. Aggrandizing the amount of happiness would make the world a better place and accepting people for who they are would make life much more facile.

Utilitarianism states, “The morally right action is determined by the consequences of the action, not the motives of the agent”. Utilitarianisms consider happiness to be the foundation of morality. The famous version, “act utilitarianism,” says the morally right action is the one that brings about the greatest consequence of the greatest number of people. Mill thought it was obvious that everyone ultimately wants to be happy, so he made this the foundation of his moral philosophy. Mill notice that people were literally defining utility as the opposite of pleasure and not understanding the complete purpose of utilitarianism. Whereas, utility is defined, “As pleasure itself together with freedom from

In 1938 Disney came out with a movie called Snow White. The film featured seven dwarves that had different personalities. One thing they had in common was that they liked to mine. Mining is the removal or extraction of minerals and metals from the earth. In the movie, Snow White, they gave an unrealistic look on what mining really is. They showed that mining is for mythical creatures and that it’s effortless work. Disney isn’t the only one who gave an impractical look on mining. J.R.R. Tolkien is also guilty of this. Mining, especially large-scale mining, isn’t all fun and games. It can be very dangerous for miners and it takes a lot of hard labor. Even though large-scale mining can have good outcomes, it also has multiple effects on the environment and the human race.

According to utilitarianism, the action can be considered as being morally right if their actions would result in more good results over bad ones to the people affected by their actions. Utilitarianism states that before engaging into any action there is need to access the consequences of that act on the people affected. If it consequences has more advantages as compared to its alternative, then the action should be performed. When we apply this principle in this situation of applicants, then their action was immoral since it resulted in negative consequences which affected many people parents, other applicants, the administration, student’s body. Although their action was going to solve their anxiety, the results were bad and brought suffering

In my view utilitarianism gives the well-being of other human beings in the society an upper hand. Doing the right thing is considered morally upright despite the motive behind the action. Actions that increase the quantity and quality of happiness in an individual while taking away pain are morally upright. In this case, I will argue that helping a drowning person is morally upright as pain is removed from the individual and happiness level up raised. Increasing the level of happiness in an individual eventually elevates the level of good actions in the society that is in line with utilitarianism ethics code. In this regard, I believe mutual responsibility has to be engraved in each for the society to benefit from the overall morally upright

The Mining industry is an economic engine, both in Canada and globally. In 2014, the mining industry alone contributed $57 billion to the Canada’s GDP. In addition to that, it accounted for 18.3% of the Canadian goods exports in the same year. The mineral production value in 2014 stood at $44.7 billion while the accrued taxes

Generally, the “Mining” refers to extraction of materials from earth by artificial methods. As considering to the several decades minerals are the central to our modern base life. They are essential to produce materials for construction and manufacturing i.e. steel and cement cannot be made without cooking coal. Metals are used to make the smart phones, computers and televisions we use every day. The use of diamonds in jewellery remains a near-universal symbol of wealth and prestige. However, mining point to the environmental impacts of extracting and using non-renewable resources like coal, the economic distortion that results from one part of the economy booming while the risks to communities that live near large or multiple mining projects as strong reasons why mining should be curtailed or even stopped. At present Australia is one of leading manufacture in coal, uranium and other minerals. The mining boom has bought investments,